Production

Development
The series was initially planned to run on AMC and Channel 4, before AMC pulled out, leading
Channel 4 to announce the series.[1] In February 2017, it was announced that Amazon Video had
bought the U.S. rights to the series.[2]
The series is produced by Sony Pictures Television with Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner, and Bryan
Cranston serving as executive producers. Cranston also stars in one of the episodes.[1] The episode
writers include Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner, Tony Grisoni, Jack Thorne, Matthew Graham,
David Farr, Dee Rees, and Travis Beacham.[5] Jack Thorne wrote the teleplay for "The Commuter",
based on the short story of the same name, with Tom Harper directing the episode.[6]

Casting
In March 2017, Timothy Spall joined the episode "The Commuter", starring opposite Anthony Boyle
and Tuppence Middleton.[6] The following month, Jack Reynor and Benedict Wong were cast to lead
the episode "Impossible Planet", alongside a supporting cast including Geraldine Chaplin and Georgina
Campbell.[7] Also in April, Steve Buscemi was cast in "Crazy Diamond", and Greg Kinnear and
Mireille Enos joined the episode "The Father Thing".[8]
On 3 May 2017, Anna Paquin and Terrence Howard were cast in the episode "Real Life", with a
supporting cast including Rachelle Lefevre, Jacob Vargas, Sam Witwer, Guy Burnet and Lara Pulver.
[9][10] Also in May, Richard Madden and Holliday Grainger were announced to star in "The Hood
Maker".[11] Later that month, Vera Farmiga and Mel Rodriguez were cast to lead the episode "Kill All
Others", with Jason Mitchell, Glenn Morshower and Sarah Baker also appearing.[12][13] Finally in
May, Janelle Monáe and Juno Temple joined the cast of the episode "Autofac" alongside Jay Paulson
and David Lyons.[14]
In June 2017, Maura Tierney and Annalise Basso were cast to star in "Safe and Sound", and Bryan
Cranston was confirmed to appear in the episode "Human Is" with Essie Davis, Liam Cunningham and
Ruth Bradley.[15]

Filming
Five episodes were filmed in England and five were filmed in Chicago.[16]
The fourth episode of the series, "Crazy Diamond", filmed in two locations in Kent, England; the
Dungeness estate was used for various exterior settings and driving scenes, and the Cheyne Court wind
farm was used as the checkpoint Sally passes on her way in and out of the estate.[17]
Music
Harry Gregson-Williams was hired to compose the main titles theme music and score an episode, and
Ólafur Arnalds and Cristobal Tapia de Veer were also hired to score multiple episodes each.[18] Brian
Transeau and Mark Isham scored music for the episode titled "Autofac", while Bear McCreary scored
music for three episodes in the first season.[19]

Sequels
Amazon intended the production as a limited series. Some sources say Sony TV is attempting to find a
new home for the drama.[20]

Episodes
Each episode is based on a short story by Dick.[21] The episode sequences are different on Channel 4
and Amazon Video.[22]

Amazon Viewers
No. Directed
episode Title Teleplay by Based on Original air date (millions
overall by
no. )
"The Hood Julian Matthew "The Hood
1 5 17 September 2017 1.49[23]
Maker" Jarrold Graham Maker"
In an authoritarian regime called the Free Union, a minority of humans have developed telepathic
abilities. Mistrusted by society, they are referred to as "Teeps", live in ghettos, and are routinely
discriminated against. A telepath named Honor is recruited to work for the police, and forms a close
relationship with her handler, Agent Ross. The pair begin working together on an investigation when a
mysterious individual, calling himself the "Hood Maker", begins distributing telepathy-proof hoods
throughout the city.

Cast : Richard Madden as Agent Ross; Holliday Grainger as Honor; Noma Dumezweni as Senior
Agent Okhile; Anneika Rose as Mary; Richard McCabe as Dr. Thaddeus Cutter; Paul Ritter as
Franklyn; and Tony Way as Carmichael
"The
"Impossible David
2 8 David Farr Impossible 24 September 2017 1.35[24]
Planet" Farr
Planet"
Two bored space tourism guides, Norton and Andrews, are approached by a 342-year-old woman, Irma
Louise Gordon, who offers them five years' salary each to take her on one last trip to Earth. As they are
not sure the planet even exists anymore, having been evacuated centuries ago due to solar flares, they
head for a similar planet, although Irma's robot servant deduces (and maintains) the subterfuge. Irma
has a very specific dream about her grandparents swimming in a river in Carolina, and wants to re-
enact this with Norton, who closely resembles her grandfather.

Cast : Jack Reynor as Brian Norton; Benedict Wong as Ed Andrews; Geraldine Chaplin as Irma Louise
Gordon; Georgina Campbell as Barbara; and Malik Ibheis as RB29
"The Tom "The
3 9 Jack Thorne 1 October 2017 1.50[25]
Commuter" Harper Commuter"
Ed Jacobson is a railway worker at Woking station. His life takes a turn for the worse when his son,
Sam, begins experiencing psychotic episodes. Afterwards, a young woman named Linda asks for a
ticket to a non-existent destination called "Macon Heights". Intrigued, Jacobson follows a number of
passengers who jump off the train and walk to an idyllic village where their traumas are wiped away.
On his return home, he discovers his son never existed, and he returns to Macon Heights to find Linda
and demand she restore his original life.

Cast : Timothy Spall as Ed Jacobson; Rebecca Manley as Mary Jacobson; Anthony Boyle as Sam
Jacobson; Rudi Dharmalingam as Bob Paine; Tuppence Middleton as Linda; Anne Reid as Martine
Jenkins; Ann Akin as Dr. Simpson; Hayley Squires as Waitress; and Tom Brooke as Tall Man in Light
Coat
"Crazy Marc "Sales
4 4 Tony Grisoni 8 October 2017 0.96[26]
Diamond" Munden Pitch"
Ed Morris works at a company which produces synthetic humanoids called Jacks and Jills, and the QCs
("quantum consciousness") which give them intelligence and emotions. He is approached by a dying
Jill, who wants him to help her steal ten QCs – one to extend her own lifespan, and the rest to sell, with
a share going to Ed to start a new life with his wife, Sally.

Cast : Steve Buscemi as Ed Morris; Sidse Babett Knudsen as Jill; Julia Davis as Sally Morris; Lucian
Msamati as The Director; Joanna Scanlan as Su; and Michael Socha as Noah
Jeffrey Ronald D. "Exhibit
5 1 "Real Life" 15 October 2017 0.88[28]
Reiner Moore Piece"[27]
Sarah is a policewoman living in the future who shares headspace with George, a brilliant game
designer living in the present. While both of them try to understand which one of them is "real" and
which one is living in a dream, both are pursuing violent killers whose plans could have shattering
consequences. In a race against time, sharing a bond that no one else can see, they learn the very thing
that connects them can also destroy them.

Cast : Anna Paquin as Sarah; Terrence Howard as George; Rachelle Lefevre as Katie; Lara Pulver as
Paula; Sam Witwer as Chris; Guy Burnet as Collins; and Jacob Vargas as Mario
Francesca Jessica
6 3 "Human Is" "Human Is" 29 October 2017 0.85[29]
Gregorini Mecklenburg
Mission director Vera Herrick is trapped in a loveless marriage with military hero Colonel Silas
Herrick. Silas returns to the planet of Rexor IV to obtain a substance needed to process Earth's toxic
atmosphere, but comes under attack from the local Rexorians. When their ship returns on autopilot,
Silas has apparently survived, and Vera finds him uncharacteristically kind and considerate. The
colonel is arrested by the State, who believe that Silas has been taken over by a Rexorian
consciousness.

Cast : Bryan Cranston as Silas Herrick; Essie Davis as Vera Herrick; Liam Cunningham as General
Olin; Ruth Bradley as Yaro Peterson; William Gaminara as Dr. El Ganol; Khalid Abdalla as
Interrogator; and Ronan Vibert as Chief Judge
"The Father Michael Michael "The Father-
7 7 26 February 2018 N/A
Thing" Dinner Dinner thing"
Eleven-year-old Charlie has a close relationship with his father, sharing a love of baseball. One night,
while camping out, they see glowing orbs slowly falling from the sky, which the radio news reports are
meteoroids. After a day at home, Charlie is uncertain that his father is who, or what, he appears to be,
and he is not alone. Charlie and his best friend eventually find a field filled with body doubles grown
by the aliens.

Cast : Greg Kinnear as The Father; Mireille Enos as The Mother; Jack Gore as Charlie Cotrell;
Shannon Brown as Rotko; Alana Arenas as Detective Fernandez; Terry Kinney as Mr. Dick; and
Andrew Rothenberg as Captain Miller
Peter Travis
8 2 "Autofac" "Autofac" 5 March 2018 N/A
Horton Beacham
Twenty years after a nuclear war, a small community of survivors are challenged by an automated
corporate factory, which uses drones to send them unnecessary goods on a daily schedule. Their ability
to grow food is diminishing as the natural world around them fades away, which they believe is due to
pollution caused by the mega-factory. They plan to bypass the deadly defenses of the factory and shut it
down.

Cast : Juno Temple as Emily; Janelle Monáe as Alice; David Lyons as Conrad Morrison; Nick
Eversman as Avishai; Jay Paulson as Reverend Perine; and Maximiliano Hernández as Lewis
Kalen Egan "Foster,
"Safe and Alan
9 6 and Travis You're 12 March 2018 N/A
Sound" Taylor
Sentell Dead!"
In a near-future dystopia, the United States is divided between high-tech, hysterically paranoid "safe"
cities and "bubble" communities where invasive technologies are rejected. A "bubble" representative
moves with her daughter for a year of negotiations and life in the big city. While the mother tries to
negotiate better treatment of the bubbles, her daughter struggles to adapt to school life, its social
oddities, and the pervasive technologies around her.

Cast : Annalise Basso as Foster Lee; Maura Tierney as Irene Lee; Connor Paolo as Ethan; Alice Lee as
Milena; Algee Smith as Kaveh; and Martin Donovan as Odin
"The
"Kill All
10 10 Dee Rees Dee Rees Hanging 19 March 2018 N/A
Others"
Stranger"
In the near future, video advertising is everywhere. North America is a single nation with a single
presidential Candidate. Philbert Noyce is less than enthusiastic about consumerism and is a low-
motivation Q.A. worker on a production line. During the Candidate's speech one night, Philbert hears
her utter the words "kill all others" while those words flash on the screen. Few others have seen or
heard the message but many are affected by it. Only one of Philbert's co-workers believes what he says
about the message and the political system. Eventually, Philbert is driven onto an ad where a hanging
victim has been left, lambasting the government's callousness, and declares that everyone is an "Other".

Cast : Mel Rodriguez as Philbert Noyce; Sarah Baker as Maggie Noyce; Jason Mitchell as Lenny;
Glenn Morshower as Ed; Louis Herthum as Supervisor; Gabriel Ruiz as TV Host; Tim Heurlin as TV
Pundit; Karissa Murrell Myers as TV Pundit 2; DuShon Monique Brown as Peace Sergeant; and Vera
Farmiga as the Candidate